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'H. C. SMITH. Grain Measure.

Patented June 25, 1867.

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HARLOW o. SMITH, or culo ao o, ILL'INO is. Letters Patent No. 66,050,dated June 2,5, 1867; cmteflated June 22, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-MEASURES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, HARLOW C. SMITH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook,and State -of Illinois, have invented an improved Half-Bushel vorl)'Ieasure; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and l and letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of lthisspecification, in Which Figure l is a perspective representation ot' myimproved halfbushel.

Figure 2 is aytopor plan View of my improved haltbushel.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken through the centre of tl1elialf-bushe]. Figure L is a representation of the spring and spur that holdthe bag to the rim of the half-bushel.

The object of' my inveiitiozris'to produce a measure to which the bagcan be attached andthe grain emptied by a hingedbottom of the measureinto the bag, thus constituting a combined measure and bag-holder.`TG1-accomplish this object Italie a half-bushel, or other similargrain-measure?, having its rim Vor body constructed in any of theordinary methods. To this body C, I attach a bottom composed of twoparts, A and B,

`as showniu figs. 1 and 3Q The part A is attached rigidly to the bodyVor` the measure, and its upper surfaceis inclined at an angle of abouttwenty degrees, as represented in fig. 3. The part B is hinged to A soas to open downward, and is held Vshut when closed by means of. thespring catch E, fig. 3. A ring, n, is secured to the upper surface ofthe lid vor part B` to pull it shut by after it has been opened to emptythe grain. i Upon the outside of the body@ of 4the measure are senircdthree or more springs, D, as shoirn in iig. 1, there being a point, o,attached to the lower eud'ot` those springs, and projecting inward, asshown in Hg. 4. A small recess is out in theoutside bi' the measureWhere these points are located, to p springs, ivhcn i-t Willbe caught bythe points and held attached to the measure.

The operation is' as follows: The bag being attached to vthe measure,and the' bottom. being closed, the measure is filled n'ith grain orother material to be measured. It is then lifted bythe operator, whotouches the upper end of the catch-E, which unlocks the hinged portionof the bottom, which falls and lets the grain pass at once into thebag.V The bottom is then shut by means of the' ring n, or a'stringattached thereto, when the operation is repeated until the bagis full,when the measure is detached. i

It will thus be seen that by means of my invention one person is enabledto perform the entire operation with ease and rapidity, thus dispensingwith the services of a person usually required to hold the bag. If

desired, the measuremay be attached to any suitable support, and thusconstitute a. fixed bag-holder; butI intend it, for use more especiallyas above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

A half-bushel, or similar grain-measure for hand use, having. its bottomcomposed of the stationary part A and the hinged portion B, and providedwith the spring-hooksD, or their equivalents, for attaching the bag, allconstructed andarranged to operate as shown and described.`

. HARLOW C. SMITH. Witnesses:

GEO. L. GHAPIN,

J. S. FULLER.

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